Blue Dragon’s Impact

runaways reunited with their families

trafficked kids rescued

kids sent back to school & training

children & families now have legal papers

Trung was living rough on the streets when we met him more than 12 years ago. He was a tiny boy, and even though he was just 13 he had already experienced an incredibly difficult life. Over the years, Blue Dragon cared for Trung, giving him a home and helping him find...

On Sunday, 16 year old Huyen woke up extra early, hopped on her bicycle, and headed into town where Blue Dragon was setting up an unusual event: a career preparation 'talk show'. Growing up in impoverished villages, high school students like Huyen don't know much...

'Kim' never thought she would see her mother again. Sold into captivity in China and held against her will for over two years, she feared that she would never make it home. After a tense rescue operation and a long journey back to Vietnam, Kim's emotions finally...

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Mr Tuan and Uncle Toan both passed away last week. Mr Tuan died in hospital, his lungs wracked with tuberculosis. He spent his last weeks drifting in and out of lucidity, rarely recognising anyone or anything around him. His funeral was held in his hometown on Thursday. We met Mr Tuan 2 years ago. He was sleeping in an ATM booth here in Hanoi with his 2 children, who were then aged 6 and 8. A son and a daughter, homeless with their father yet safe in his strong arms. Blue…

Every rescue operation is different to every other, but Trang’s was somehow even more different. In her late teens, Trang was trafficked from Vietnam and sold into a brothel in China. As is very common in these cases, she was deceived by someone posing as a close friend. A young man built a relationship with her, gained her trust, and then betrayed her. After many months in the brothel, where each moment was a brutal fight for survival, she found herself in possession of a mobile telephone, and in the early hours…

During the week I visited British International School in Hanoi, and was talking to their Grade 8 class about charity, charities, and the idea that we all have a role to play in caring for our world. It’s always the Question Time that I most enjoy, because there’s nothing so insightful as the question of a child. And this class didn’t let me down. One of the girls asked me something quite profound: What if I hadn’t started Blue Dragon? Where would I be? And what about all the kids we’ve…